THE "SECOND CHANCES" POEM COLLECTION WAS INSPIRED BY THE ROMANCES
OF THE 16TH CENTURY KINGS AND QUEENS. THEY OFTEN SPOKE WITH AN
ENGLISH ACCENT, SO I RECOMMEND THAT THE READER USE THE SAME ACCENT
TO GET THE FULL EFFECT OF THE PASSION BEHIND THE WORDS.
-JENNIFER TOM
JENNIFER TOM IS A SINGER, SONGWRITER, AND SPEAKER..SHE RESIDES
IN ALPHARETTA, GEORGIA AND IS VERY ACTIVE IN THE ATLANTA
COMMUNITY.
SHE IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE COMPLETION OF HER
SOLO ALBUM, AND SHE IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE DOVE FOUNDATION,
WHICH CATERS TO TEENAGE GIRLS.
HER SINGLE "STILL HERE" IS DEDICATED TO THE SURVIVORS
OF 9/11.
PRELUDE OF POEMS
YOU CAME INTO MY LIFE, JUST WHEN THE TIME WAS RIGHT.
THEN YOU TOOK ME BY THE HAND, AND ASKED TO BE MY MAN.
AT FIRST I FELT MISLED, BUT THEN A VOICE INSIDE ME SAID:
"TAKE A CHANCE ON LOVE,
FOR IT IS SENT FROM UP ABOVE.
DON''''T BE AFRAID TO OPEN YOUR HEART,
LET GO THE PAST AND
MAKE A NEW START.
YOU''''LL BE SURPRISED JUST WHAT
YOU''''LL FIND IN STORE, GIVE ALL YOUR LOVE,
AND LOVE WILL GIVE YOU MORE."..........
APHRODITE
MOST BEAUTIFUL DEITY BORN OF THE SEA,
GODDESS OF LOVE WATCHING OVER ME,
THANK YOU FOR PROTECTING MY FRAGILE HEART,
AND FOR MAKING MY LIFE A WORK
OF ART.
BEING AN ARTIST ISN''''T EASY FOR ME, BUT
WITH YOU IN MY CORNER I AM TOTALLY FREE.
LIKE A DOVE, I''''LL SPREAD MY WINGS WIDE
AS THE SEA, AND WHEN I''''M GONE THEY''''LL
REMEMBER ME.
SHE WAS THE GIRL WHO BEAT THE ODDS,
AND WAS''''NT AFRAID TO PETITION THE GODS.
TO BE USED AS A VESSEL IS WHAT I ASKED, SO
APHRODITE ASSIGNED THE PERFECT TASK.
MY PURPOSE IN LIFE IS TO INSPIRE THEM ALL,
WHO ARE BEATEN AND OPPRESSED WITH THEIR
BACKS AGAINST THE WALL. AND TELL THE LITTLE
GIRLS WHO THEY TRULY ARE, THAT THE GODDESS OF
LOVE IS NOT THAT FAR.
SHE MAY BE STANDING NEXT TO YOU DISGUISED AS
A FRIEND. TRANSFORM INTO A DOVE AND THEN BACK
AGAIN. SWEET LAUGHTER-LOVING GODDESS BORN OF
THE SEA, KEEP FLOWING THRU MY BODY FOREVER USING ME......
JENNIFER TOM